Features of This Track

a 20th century film score
a strongly dramatic aesthetic
a supremely inspired melody
a compelling intensity

an overall compositional virtuosity
a majestic feeling
a joyful feeling
a strong rhythmic feeling
an acclaimed work
a well-known composer
a Romantic-Era style
a large orchestra
timpani
tonal harmony
a walking pace tempo

These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this track by the Music Genome Project.

Zoroaster, also known as Zarathustra, was the prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism Though he is often mentioned as a Persian, his birthplace is uncertain. It is now widely thought that he was born in the eastern part of the Iranian Plateau.

Might note that this work is on the "Science Fiction" album because this was used as the theme song of the 1968 film "2001: A Space Oddessy", based on the Arthur C. Clark science fiction novel of the same name.